The 2022 S.T. Yau High School Science Award competition. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]
Gao Zimu, a senior high school student from Wuhan San New School, which is located in the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone (WEDZ), Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, won the silver medal in the biology category of the S.T. Yau High School Science Competition – a global research-based competition which emphasizes innovation, originality, creativity and persistence in research activities.
Gao is the first middle school student in Hubei province to win such an award in the past four years.
He submitted an English thesis on how to mitigate the pain caused by an ankle sprain, based on his observation that ankles are among the most vulnerable parts of human bodies while playing sports.
Gao spent half a year reading related dissertations and doing experiments, and finally created a dynamic ankle bracket consisting of sensors, microcomputers, Bluetooth modules, and muscle stimulators. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]
The S.T. Yau High School Science Competition was initiated in 2013 by Professor Shing-Tung Yau to discover the potential of young students. A total of 83 teams from all over the world participated in the finals this year.
